2 separate Staten Island graffiti arrests

Two 18-year-olds were arrested on graffiti charges in two separate incidents within hours of each other, according to police.

On Monday at about 2 p.m., cops caught Regina Branche of the 100 block of Harbor Road, Mariners Harbor, using a marker to scrawl a graffiti tag on a stairwell in New Dorp High School, police said.

Then, not long after midnight, a security guard spotted Matthew Francis of Holgate Street, Willowbrook, spray can in hand, defacing a rear door of the ShopRite supermarket at 985 Richmond Avenue in Graniteville, according to court papers.

Both teens face charges of criminal mischief, making graffiti and possession of a graffiti instrument.

Francis, who cops say tried to ditch two plastic zipper bags of marijuana in a police patrol car before he was booked, is also charged with unlawful possession of marijuana.